What amp are you using with your Zu Essences?


Just a scored a pair of these and I was just wondering what people were pairing up with them. I've heard they work best with tubes. Has anyone tried solid state or Class D and then moved to tubes? How many or how few watts have worked for you? Thanks in advance for any stories.
tbadder

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Been reading, and have a pair of Omen Def's on the way, and
wonder why no mention of Peachtree as a recommended amp for Zu's as they were what was used at the shows mainly??
Thanks Phil & Morgan! I do have a XPA-2 that I was running with my standard Omens and thought it sounded way better
than (using Peachtree as a pre/dac) just the Peachtree by
itself. I guess thats the way I will run the Omen Defs.
Also, I was thinking (hoping) the Peachtree would be a better
match for the 6 ohm Omen than the 12 ohm...no??
Hey Phil,

That's exactly what I was talking about, thanks! I knew it would not change the tonality but was thinking it may have a little more energy & punch perhaps. I will more than likely
run the XPA-2 anyway, but was thinking if I did not need it, I could turn the amp (XPA) into a sub.

I will follow this thread as I would like to try tubes maybe.

Any thoughts on how these may work with something like a Jolida 302BRC?? I have never come across anyone mentioning
Zu/Jolida combo's but would think it would be a very sweet
combo!?

Thanks again!
Morganc,

Yes, I am using it with a Peachtree Nova as a pre/Dac
and the combo is wonderful! I want to maybe try tubes
sometime, but feel no need at the moment.